Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1887-03-30

! anu IuS plAu seieCGeu. w Ofk VIII COM
! menoe Immediately thereafter, and the
/ building is TO be ready fer use by January
! next.
| Rice beer is the latest attempt at evad-
Ing the prohibition law at Atlanta by
! smuggling lager beer in under new names
! Detectives Aldrich and Reeves booked a
case Monday against A. Davis for viOlat-
ing the prohibition law by selling rice
/ beer In MS wine room, ana bottle OF rice
beer purchased there is held a; the station
! mouse, where u has been sampled by sew
eral police officers who pronounced it
genuine lager beer. Lewis Bently, who
was arrested on the same charge Satur-
! day night, was bound over to the City
Court by the Recorder Monday in the
sum of $500.
Z. V. Walker Il Co., real estate agents
OF Augusta, have sold to the Thompson
houston Electric Company of Boston, n
portion of the Harker tract OF land near
the mouth of Hawks Gulley. This COM
pany will Immediately erect electric light
works on the site, TO be run by water
power, and VIII supply most of the large
factories along the canal, besides many
houses in the city. IL is understood that
the company has offered to light the city
at cost OF $6 lamp per year; but the
proposition, OF course, cannot be accept
ed, as the city has already contracted
|
years al $l2 per lamp.
The first spike on the new street rail
road at Brunswick was driven Monday
morning by Capt. Barney Dart before a
large crowd on Gloucester street, oppO-
site Friedlander's. A silver spike was
| used, and, as soon as it had been driven,
IOoias Newman, of the firm of Newman
d. Grler, broke a bottle OF beer over 1t.
| Col. Goodyear was called on for a speech,
"A Al m Cn a fatxy vxria 90 10
stated that the road was being built by
parties VINO had confidence in Bruins
wlcKs future, and that not one cent of
home capital had been asked TO aid the
| enterprise, and 1t was fitting that the
| first spike should be driven by man so
closely identified with the past and pres
ent history OF Brunswick as Capt. Bar
ney Dart.
man who says his name is Palmer
was captured near Camilla Monday. lie
Is supposed TO be one of the parties
wanted in Thomasvllle to answer q charge
OF burglary. He WAS found by party in
| search OF him IN the house OF negro.
George Williams, and threatened to shoot
the first man that came in. When he was
ordered to come out he attempted to
| make his escape from the rear OF the
house and was shot at by one OF the
posse, though not hit. He fell as ii shot,
| and tried to conceal IN the sand pistol
which be had. 1t was found on eXamIna-
| ton that he had a shot wound several
weeks old in his back, near the right
shoulder. His appearance corresponds
TO the description of the man who shot
Sheriff Hurst Saturday night. He will
be carried to brownsville.
j. j. Williford, who has just returned
from an extended business trip through
the county of Wilcox, relates the follow
Ing IntarQafinV faota rppardinU tho 70
markab;e longevity Of family living
over there: MIoajah owen was born in
liS9, and ls consequently in his 9Stn year,
but Notwithstanding his extreme age is
hale and hearty, and up to a year or two
ago could shoot rifle with as much ac-
curacy as III his younger days. His
mother died at the ripe old age Of 113
years, and at the time Of her death her
mother was still living, which would
have made her at least 1870 years of age.
James owen, son OF Mlcajah and wnO
resides with the old man, was born IN
1872, He says that the descendants OF his
father, from ten boys aud five girls, TWO
years ago, numbered 245.
John Asberry, q well-known lawyer OF
Jefferson, aud InteHdant of the town, was
a passenger on the Airline train. which
arrived in Atlanta Monday. Mr., As6erry
had been drinking, and made himself very
conspicuous on th9 train. lie amused
himself by walking up and down the aisle
OF the passenger coach, knocking off the
hats OF the passengers, and taking other
similar and unwarrauted liberties.
Among the passengers was also Robert
L. Brown, well-kuown travelling man
for Messrs. Oglesby Il Meadow, OF AT
lanta. Mr.. Brown was not disposed to
submit TO MIR. Asberry's conduct, ami
when the latter came by and knocked his
nat from his head, Brown sprang to his
feet and landed blow straight from the
shoulder on the side of Asberry's mead,
which sent him SPRAYING over the back
OF seat. The passengers immediately
lnterposed, and there were no further
hOstilties, though MIR. Asberry told Mr,
Brown he would hear from him when
they reached the city. Mutual friends
took the matter IN hand, however, and
there have been no further Gemonstra-
items.
A terrible nail storm, accompanied with
terrific and destructive wind, struck
AcWorth sunday night about $3.50 O'Clock
aud lasted about three-quarters of a min.
uie. In this snort time the whole scene
was covered with the icy drops a nd driited
in many places a foot deep. The wind
lifted the tin roofing Off of NJ, NJ. ~ q, c. !
Philips two stOre-Tooms, and the rain
which followed completely wetted their !
entire STOCK oi goods. They estimate their /
damage a $4,000. David Leaks and John |
Green's dwellings were both completely |
demolished. No piece OF timber was left |
In place, and yet, strange as it
may seem, no one was hurt, notwith- |
standing there were six in each family. |
Some OF the children were in their beds.
The furniture was badly damaged. The
house in which Mary Meroney lived was
also made a complete wreck, out the
family were all away from the house at
CHURCH at the time. The house occupied
by Joe Mason was almost set up on one
end. Moo was in the house but Joe.
When the storm struck his house win
dow was blo0l open, aud Joe jumped out
and sought safety in flight. Leak, Green,
Meroney and Mason are all oolored. The
colored folks schoolhouse and Robert
sons ginhouse and cotton press were
also blown down.
Hiram mas just become the theatre OF
one Of the most cruel and brutal tragedies
with which the county's records have
ever been Dackened. Andrew Crawford,
peaceable, Woodworking negro, was
some six months ago driven to despera-
tion by the disloyalty of his wife, where
upon he struck her with an iron, lntllct-
ing small wound upon her head. Craw-
ford was arrested and bound over III a
bond of $50. Since that time ne has been
in Alabama until tho night OF the tragedy,
when be returned to his old hauuts, aud